Barclays
Markets stalwart Richard Worrell has left the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) after more than two years and is set to join Barclays, as revealed by The TRADE. His role is currently unconfirmed.
During his tenure at LSEG he served as co-head of equity trading and head of business development, responsible for boosting the exchange’s rankings and driving its next stage of growth.
London-based Worrell has worked across equity trading in the industry for almost 30 years.
He joined LSEG in 2024 after nearly seven years at Janus Henderson as head of EMEA equity trading, marking a shift away from the buy-side.
Prior to this, he also spent almost a decade at the asset manager as an equity trader, and has also held similar positions at firms including Redburn and SEB.
Franklin Templeton
Chris O’Donoghue has joined Franklin Templeton as a senior trader, after nearly 12 years at T. Rowe Price.
O’Donoghue will be based out of London in his new role and joins after serving as a fixed income trader at T. Rowe Price, specialising in emerging markets (EM) local and developed market rates.
He brings more than two decades of industry experience to his position at the firm and has also previously served as a supervisor for trade order management and settlements at RBC Investor & Treasury Services.
Prior to this, he worked at Northern Trust for two years earlier in his career, serving as a settlements clerk.
Canaccord Genuity
Joanne Dempsey has joined Canaccord Genuity in London, as a managing director on the global electronic execution desk.
Dempsey brings more than 25 years of industry experience to her new role, and joins the firm from Stifel, where she spent more than 13 years as a director for the firm’s electronic trading offering, SELECT.
Prior to this, Dempsey headed up sales trading as Silverwind Securities for more than two years, and has also served in the same role at ODL Securities.
She also holds extensive sales trading experience from firms including Seymour Pierce and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, where she began her industry career in 2000.